Mary Anning was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector. Her lifetime was a constellation of firsts. Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, in the southwest English county of Dorset.

My name is Mary Anning, and just as fossils are forgotten for many years, so too was I. As a child I walked the seafront with my father and brother to find what we then called curiosities.

The planned statue model was superimposed on a photo of the new location in Lyme Regis A new location for a statue of Dorset palaeontologist Mary Anning has been chosen in her former hometown.

My name is Mary Anning, and just as fossils are forgotten for many years, so too was I. As a child I walked the seafront with my father and brother to find what we then called curiosities.

Early designs for a statue of Dorset palaeontologist Mary Anning have been released as campaigners make a final push to reach their funding target. The Mary Anning Rocks campaign has been working ...

Mary Anning was a pioneering palaeontologist and fossil collector. Her lifetime was a constellation of firsts. Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, in the southwest English county of Dorset.